Comments for the name Arabella

A very unique and pretty name.

Arabella is a wondrous, beauty of a name. As a matter of fact, a tragic bearer of this name is our youngest president John F. Kennedy's still-born daughter Arabella, who is buried in their family cemetery which includes John F. Kennedy Jr., Jaqueline Kennedy Oanasis, and sadly babies Arabella and Patrick Kennedy.

Used by J.K.Rowling for her character Mrs. Arabella Doreen Figg the squib who kept an eye out for Harry while in little Whinging.

Sounds like an Arab called Ella.

I really like this name. It's a great alternative to the overused 'Isabella.'

Arabella is an opera by Richard Strauss.

In the book "The Odyssey of Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini, Arabella was the ship he comandeered and the woman that Peter Blood loved.

Arabella Drummond was a notoriously famous pirate.

For some reason I cannot explain, even to myself, Arabella has always sounded to me like a disease that makes red spots come out on you. Maybe Rubella is lurking somewhere in this name.

I love the name Arabella. I like it better than Isabella or Annabella.

Arabella is the name of the wife of Jonathan Strange in the book 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell'. Her character has quite a big role in it, and a nice one too.

Arabella was the first wife of Jude in Thomas Hardy's novel "Jude the Obscure."

I like it. It is a pretty, yet underused name. Maybe just a tad too frilly for me.

I love this name! Unlike Isabella/Gabriella this name is underused and you can make many nicknames out of it. I have this name picked out for my future daughter. It has a great meaning and strikes me as a princess name.

Means Beautiful Altar. From the Latin ara (altar) and bella (beautiful).

I think it's a nice name but maybe a little frilly.

Arabella is auch a pretty name. When I have kids if I have a girl, I'm going to name her Arabella Marie. It's so elegant.

I LOVE this name so much. I have picked out the name for my future child. It is just so pretty.

Arbella Stuart was an English noblewoman who was for some time considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I.

She was the only child of Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth Cavendish. Her paternal grandparents were Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Margaret Douglas. Her father was a younger brother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, second King Consort of Mary I of Scotland. Her maternal grandparents were Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick.

She died September 27, 1615 in the Tower of London after marrying William Seymour without first gaining the permission of King James VI.

I love this name mainly because of the meaning 'yielding to pray', it's lovely. I hope it won't become too popular if I ever decide to name any future child this.

In the movie 'The Prince & Me' starring Julia Stiles the prince's younger sister is named Arabella called Arie.

Arabella's simply gorgeous. It's much better than the overused -bella names (Gabriella, Annabella, Isabella).

Arabella in Spanish means "little Arabian girl", maybe.

Arabella means nothing like "little Arab girl" in Spanish. Please don't make up meanings if you don't know the language.

`Arabella` is a great name! A better variant to those other overused `belle/bella` names. Beautiful and unique.

I think this name is beautiful and uncommon and a good alternative to the presently overused Isabella.

An 18th century novel by Charlotte Lennox is "The Female Quixote: or, The Adventures of Arabella". The titular heroine is a noble, though misguided, young woman who has to learn to balance the realities of contemporary society with the unrealistic exalted ideals she has imbibed from reading too much historical fiction.

I love the name Arabella. I would probably name my child Arabelle over Arabella and call her Arie for short.

I think Arabella is Babe's real name on All My Children (the character, not the actor). I don't like her that much, but I'm still trying to decide if I like this name or not.

Arbella Stewart (not a spelling error - her name was spelt with only two A's) was a cousin of Elizabeth I and at one time expected to be named her heir. It didn't happen, of course, but she has sometimes been dubbed the "Lost Queen" of England.

I named my daughter in 2006 Arabella and love it! She fits the name. If you're someone that loves nicknames this name is perfect. Arabella has been called Bella, Ella, Arie, Bellabutton, Bellabutt, Bellicious, Bella etc etc. Since I named her I have heard there is a princess in a tv show in the Philipines named Arabella as well.

This name is a bit too much, if you know what I mean. Frilly.

In Atonement, a novel by Ian McEwan, the main character writes a play called "The Trials of Arabella".

This name is a bit too frilly and pretentious for my taste, and it reminds me a bit of the disease Rubella (a.k.a German Measles). I do however like the variant Arbella (with only 2 A's), which is unfortunately not listed in this database. I would consider it for a middle name, and perhaps use something a bit more ... shall we say "untouched" in the first name spot, if you get my drift. I also like that the name has disputed meanings: either "lovable" (which is most likely the legitimate meaning) and "yielding to pray" (which is still lovely, even if it isn't "legit").

Arabella is also Latin, where it means "answer to a prayer" or "beauty".

I think this name is a very pretty name, and it is not overused, and too far "out there", and it's completely sensible for any baby girl.

I recently changed my name to Arabella. All of my friends and family agreed with me that it was a very good name. Many people compliment me on the name, and think it is a good name. I prefer it to the more commonly used -bella names. I like both nicknames Ari and Bella. It gives off a good feeling.

A very lovely name in my opinion. :D I'm using this name in a series of books I'm currently writing. (Even though it'll be a name of one of the antagonists, but still. XD)

This is a great name.

Arabela Hyacintovna-Majerová is fictional character from the TV series "Arabela". She is played by Jana Nagyová ("nah-dyo-vah:").

I like this as an alternative to the overused bella names. It sounds beautiful and I'm hoping to name a future daughter this.

An interesting historical English bearer was Arabella Churchill (23 February 1648 – 30 May 1730) who was the mistress of King James II, and the mother of four of his children. Arabella was the child of Sir Winston Churchill (an ancestor of the Prime Minister of the same name) and Elizabeth Drake.

I can't stand this name. It sounds like "Arab-Ella", and also like a disease, and it's quite old-fashioned.

Very pretty! I like it.

Dislike anything with -ELLA. Completely unsophisticated, borderline cheap.

The translation usually given for 'orabilis' is 'easily entreated'; looking at the separate bits, the ora- element is in orator and oration, and the -bilis is the same as 'able'. So if you are orabilis, you will listen and respond to persuasion and entreaties. (You might be rather gullible, in fact.)

'Yielding to prayers', in other words to requests, might be a good translation; 'yielding to pray', whatever it might mean, is not. As for the answer to a prayer, sorry, it's impossible. And why anyone would name their daughter a beautiful altar is unclear to me. It wouldn't sound very attractive in classical antiquity.

Oh gosh! This is a BEAUTIFUL name! I LOVE the name Arabella! I think it sounds beautiful. :)

Arabella is a really pretty name. It's just too bad that it's not used more often in the U.S.

Arabella Blydon, known as Belle, is a character in Julia Quinn's novel, Dancing at Midnight.

I really love the name, it seems so dignified. At first I thought it was kind of pompous but I have since changed my mind about it. I love the different nicknames that can come from it.

Such a beautiful name! (:
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Arabella is okay, even though it sounds a bit pretentious. The funny thing is everyone thinks I look like an Arabella and I personally I can't see it!

Arabella Kiesbauer is a popular German/Austrian television host.

Though often thought of as English it is also an Italian name meaning "Answered Prayer."

The Massachusetts Bay colony (note: not the Pilgrims' Plymouth colony) originally came to Massachusetts on 17 ships, the Winthrop fleet. The main ship was called the Arbella (or Arabella). Named for a Lady Arbella (or Arabella) who traveled on this voyage.

I love this name! It goes really well with Ingrid. But I thought it was Dutch?

Arabella, while lovely, is very filly and uber feminine. I do love the nickname Ara.

Is it uh-RAH-bel-la or AIR-uh-BELL-uh?

Beautiful, sophisticated, classy, yet not too old sounding. What's not to like?

It's an anagram of 'bar label'.

My granddaughter named her daughter Arabella after her mother Hayley Araluen and Bella which she also liked, she did not know of the name she just simply took "Ara" from Araluen and put Bella on the end of it.

Arabella Rose (born July 17, 2011 in New York City) is the daughter of Ivanka Trump.

This would make a lovely middle name. However, I wouldn't use it as a first name.